Romainmotier
Monday, April 14th, 2008Yesterday afternoon I traveled with 100 other singers to a foothill valley some 30 miles from Lausanne, a place called “Romainmotier”. This medieval village has the foundations of one of Switzerland’s oldest churches, going back about 1500 years. The present church is romanesque. As a reinforcement tenor for the all high school choir, I made the trek in order to sing Handel’s “Israel in Egypt”, a moving recital of God’s deliverance of his people from Egyptian slavery. Quite hard to learn, but extremely creative, sometimes fun, and deeply meaningful. Here we are at the end of the concert, with the Lausanne Youth Conservatory Orchestra. 500 people were packed into the old church.
And here’s a picture of the outside of the church in the setting sunlight.
